Press Release

The search and rescue operation by NDRF in Kanpur’s Jajmau is in full swing. 05 search and rescue teams of NDRF comprising of nearly 200 responders are relentlessly engaged at the site of Collapsed building since yesterday. The NDRF bravehearts carried out the herculean task of rescuing trapped and injured throughout the night to reach to the maximum injured victims.

The search component consisting of trained dogs and technical squads are simultaneously swung in to action to locate the victims. Today, early in the morning, NDRF rescue team safely taken out a girl child Shusila, aged-3 yearat 0430 hrs( After fourteen Hrs of the incident). This has raised the aspiration of more alive under the debris.

So far, NDRF has rescued 12 lives and retrieved 01 dead body. The operation is still in progress.

NDRF control room in Delhi is closely monitoring the situation and in close touch with other agencies.